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The home on Highland Road in Bethel Park caught fire before 5 a.m. Friday. Neighbors told Channel 4 Action News that a woman lived there alone and may have been a hoarder.

"She called me last night and talked to me for a while. She was very depressed. She's been that way for a few weeks," neighbor Wayne Bock said. "She was told she was not allowed to drive any more, and I think that may have pushed her over the fence. How do I get prescriptions? How do I get food?"

Bethel Park Fire Chief Dave Gerber said there was nothing his crew could do to save the woman, as heavy flames and smoke poured from the house.

"Even if she was in there, we weren't going to be able to get inside right away. The building was so involved that by the time we got here, we were stuck anyways," Gerber said.